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Test tubes

Started By ryanger , Mar 27 2022 1:29 PM

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#1 Offline ryanger - Posted March 27 2022 - 1:29 PM

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I am relatively new to the hobby and I ordered some test tubes in the the mail (size 20x150mm) I was wondering if they are big enough and if they are big enough to keep Camponotus (especially C. Modoc)

#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 27 2022 - 4:58 PM

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A normal size test tube is good for a founding camponotus queen and nanitics, but once the colony gets bigger they should be moved into a formicarium.

Edited by Manitobant, March 27 2022 - 4:58 PM.

My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 27 2022 - 6:33 PM

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A normal size test tube is good for a founding camponotus queen and nanitics, but once the colony gets bigger they should be moved into a formicarium.

I second this. Camponotus founding chambers are quite small, actually.

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